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Here's What Malls Looked Like Back in the '50s
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| October 11, 2019
| Arricca Elin Sansone, Good Housekeeping
Posted on 10/23/2019 9:10:58 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I thought it was going to be a picture of a pasture. Because thats what they were in New England.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Back in the ‘60s, shopping areas which weren’t fully enclosed were called shopping centers, while the term shopping mall was used for those shopping centers which were completely enclosed.
As we see the mall conceot is nothing new.
Malls used to have teens. Now they have teens and Brawls. Brawl being the plural word for female teen
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posted on
10/23/2019 9:16:31 AM PDT
by
dsrtsage
(Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Some of the defunct malls have been turned into housing.
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posted on
10/23/2019 9:18:14 AM PDT
by
Califreak
(If Obama had been treated like Trump the US would have been burnt down before Inauguration Day)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I think most of those photos were of malls in the ‘60’s, not the ‘50’s...
Unless they made 1960 Chevys and 1964 Ford Falcons back in the fifties...
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posted on
10/23/2019 9:18:48 AM PDT
by
JBW1949
(I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
To: Dilbert San Diego
As we see the mall conceot is nothing new.
Cleveland (Ohio) Arcade. Built 1890.
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posted on
10/23/2019 9:24:00 AM PDT
by
chrisser
To: Califreak
Some can make great business parks for companies.
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posted on
10/23/2019 9:25:02 AM PDT
by
ImJustAnotherOkie
(All I know is The I read in the papers.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Most of the malls in my area are gone now.
However it is ironic that the once thriving malls were beaten out by newer, larger malls. Being the “newest” seems to be the winning game.
A new evolution are outdoor malls (a cluster of stores around a courtyard or walkway). Apparently maintenance and overhead costs are less this way.
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posted on
10/23/2019 9:29:34 AM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: Dilbert San Diego
Our long-established local malls were indeed "shopping centers" or "plazas" which were basically two rows of connected buildings facing each other, featuring a courtyard (usually with flowers or trees in the center) and a detached anchor store at either end. A lot of them got roofed over in the late 1960s-mid 1970s and had a pretty good run for 15 years or so, but the rents were astronomical compared to the old days. The original centers provided improved parking (no meters and generally less walking), and every one I can remember had some sort of awning to keep the rain off people going from store to store.
I loved those old plazas, many of which had a Bishop's Buffet (which my dirt-poor parents could occasionally afford)
the enclosed malls, not so much.
To: Califreak
yep, a dead mall by my kid’s house is now a homeless shelter.
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posted on
10/23/2019 9:31:14 AM PDT
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ronniesgal
(so I wonder what his FR handle is????)
To: chrisser
woo hoo! love Cleveland!!
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posted on
10/23/2019 9:31:46 AM PDT
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ronniesgal
(so I wonder what his FR handle is????)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Columbia Center in the late 60's was my introduction to malls.
I was in High School, so it was great!
Next was as I was stationed at Lowry, AFB, CO in 1972.
Cinderella City, in Denver was great!
Both had Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor, which was heaven at that age.
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posted on
10/23/2019 9:32:04 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Not in the Northwest...we did not have a “mall” until the 1960s
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posted on
10/23/2019 9:32:36 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Want to know your family genealogy? Run for political office.)
To: ronniesgal
The ones I heard about were made into apartments being rented out or condos or something. They looked like tiny houses only smushed into a mall.
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posted on
10/23/2019 9:38:59 AM PDT
by
Califreak
(If Obama had been treated like Trump the US would have been burnt down before Inauguration Day)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Southdale Shopping Center in Edina, Minnesota, February 1957. In 1956, the Southdale Shopping Center, located in Edina, Minnesota, opened its doors to the public as the first modern shopping mall in the nation.
Being Minnesota with 6 months of winter, kinds of makes sense they were 1st
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posted on
10/23/2019 9:39:31 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The first “mall” I remember was the Town & Country shopping center in Minot, ND.
With the harsh winters, it made sense to enclose a dozen or so stores so shoppers could go from one to the other without facing the snow and freezing temps.
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posted on
10/23/2019 9:42:33 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: Vermont Lt
I think that Shopper's World in Framingham (suburban Boston) was opened in the late 50s...can't remember exactly when.
To: Skooz
Why not Minot? Wasn’t that a saying in the Air Force?
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posted on
10/23/2019 9:46:20 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: dhs12345
However it is ironic that the once thriving malls were beaten out by newer, larger malls. Being the newest seems to be the winning game.
I think it's a bit different
A new mall is built, people flock to it, after a few years, a "certain element" begins to hang around and take over the mall
Respectable people leave, mall detoriates while new one being built elsewhere
Repeat cycle
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